Why'd he leave the Yanks in the first place? He might never get another chance to see his son(s) play high-school ball. And why leave the home cooking just cause you had bad run support for a couple months?

I'll say it again: this is one bizzaro story; the double celeb angle only makes it more attractive for the tabloids.

Is Sasaki on an active NPB roster? Is he even effective anymore, in his late 30s (I suspect not). And do baseball players in Japan get blacklisted for wavering morals? (I doubt I'll be seeing Enomoto in any new J-dramas ever again.)